The Anti-Scam Education and Research Programme team would like to draw your attention to recent investment scam cases. Investment scam cases often involve the highest monetary losses! 

Recently, a victim reported to the Police that he saw an advertisement on social media promoting an investment with high returns. He thus transferred around HK$20 million to the scammer’s bank account! After receiving notification from the bank, the victim realized that he has fallen in the investment scam. This is the scam case with the highest monetary losses in 2025 so far!  

In another investment scam case, a lawyer invested with a fund company introduced by his friend. Later he found that this fund company does not exist at all! The victim lost over HK$4.7 million. Therefore, be aware of any investment plans introduced / promoted / advertised to you, even by your friends! 

We would thus like to remind you to stay alert of any potential scam cases, especially related to investments. Please install the Scameter APP developed by the Police. If you are in any doubt, please check the suspected website with the Scameter APP or with the website: https://cyberdefender.hk. You can also call the Police’s anti-deception hotmail: 18222, or inform your RC warden or your teacher immediately. 

Scam alert from the ADCC’s Facebook [in Chinese]: 吸金大法 問誰能抵得誘惑